Highlights of the railway budget presented by Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda in the Lok Sabha :
* Would require Rs.5 lakh crores in 10 years for modernization
* Receipts in 2013-14 were Rs.139, 550 crore; expenditure was Rs.130,321 crore
* Spend 94 paisa of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of only 6 paisa
* With 12,500 trains, railways move 23 million passengers every day; equivalent to moving Australia's population
* Target to become largest freight carrier in the world
* Receipts in 2014-15 estimated at Rs.164,374 crore, expenditure at Rs.149,176 crore
* Fare revision will bring in Rs.8,000 crore; need another Rs.9,000 crore for golden quadrilateral project
* Backbone of supply chain of defence establishment
* Carry one billion tonnes of freight every year
* Decline in traffic growth in 2013-14
* 4,000 women constables recruited in RPF to make travel in women's coaches safer
* Pre-cooked ready-to-eat meals to be introduced
* Food courts to be introduced at major stations to provide regional flavour; pilot project on New Delhi-Amritsar and New Delhi-Jammu Tawi routes
* Forty percent increase in expenditure on cleanliness; CCTVs to monitor cleanliness at stations
* Special train on teachings of Swami Vivekananda
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